Lifehacker:
The preview edition of Gina and Adam's new book, The Complete Guide to Google Wave, is now available in PDF form for your offline, ebook-reading pleasure. Google Wave is a young tool that's not terribly easy to understand for (Read More)
Engadget:
A few nasty rumors were circulating that Barnes & Noble wouldn't accept its own gift cards for ebook purchases, but thankfully, the outfit has come clean today to refute those claims. 'Course, it's possible that this change i (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Reader Gene told us that Kindle for PC is "more important than people realize." That's because the desktop app runs almost seamlessly in Linux with one WINE tweak, making Kindle a great little laptop or netbook reading option (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Uitgeverij De Vliegende Hollander is the Dutch publisher for Little Brother, and they've really put a big push behind it. Unfortunately, they're also locked into distributing their catalog as DRM-crippled ebooks through an on (Read More)
Lifehacker:
You won't find a law that says a workspace has to be in a gray fabric-covered box or a white-walled room. Today's workspace proves that with the beautiful, airy openness of childhood tree house. One industrious Lifehacker rea (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Technology Live:
Kindle for PC is out this morning. It's a simple download at Amazon that let's you read Kindle ebooks on your computer. That means if you already have a Kindle, or an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can sync your...
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Lifehacker:
Windows: Amazon has released a Windows application, Kindle for PC, that tells you everything in its name. It syncs with other Kindle devices, offers color pictures, font size control, and other controls for reading on your co (Read More)
Engadget:
Amazon has just expanded the potential audience for its ebook format by a few orders of magnitude with the Beta release of its free Kindle for PC application. Doing exactly what it says on the (imaginary) tin, this will allow (Read More)
mashable:
As the electronic book reader market heats up with a number of new offerings coming up, this was an unexpected flare up: Spring Design, makers of the Alex dual-screen eReader, are suing Barnes & Noble over their Nook eBook re (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Got an interest in Google Wave but have absolutely no idea where to get started? Try out The Complete Guide to Google Wave, a new (free) book written and edited by my pal and Lifehacker emeritus Gina Trapani and yours truly. (Read More)
Mashable!:
According to mobile analytics company Flurry, there’s been a surge of ebook-related applications for the iPhone. Based on their research, which included sampling over 2,500 applications and 40 million consumers accross four m (Read More)
Engadget:
There was a raging debate going on last week at Engadget HQ over the role of dedicated ebook readers that spilled over on to the Engadget Show. You can watch the show here, but essentially big boss Joshua Topolsky and Paul Mi (Read More)
Engadget:
Now here's some yummy news to wrap our minds around. Samsung, a company with a manufacturing portfolio so wide that you wouldn't be surprised to see it selling toothbrushes and perfume, clearly also wants a slice of that grow (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Libraries, the places where homeless people, famously, shave and go BM, are seeing an uptick in subscribers thanks to their embrace of ebooks. Our own Brooklyn system has had downloadable ebooks for a few years now and the sy (Read More)
Engadget:
A few forward-thinking libraries in the UK have started offering ebook downloads as an alternative to borrowing physical copies of books, and the local public's reaction has been one of overwhelming enthusiasm. Seemingly attr (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Sibling site Gizmodo has already reported a tip that representatives from the New York Times and other publishers have met with Apple to discuss content delivery for a new device. In a talk last week that made it online, howe (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Good old “Two-Fist” Bill Keller, executive editor of the NYT, dropped the Apple bomb at a pay-vs.-free talk at an “off-the-record” staff meeting which, luckily, was been recorded for posterior. His talk mostly revolves around (Read More)
mashable:
David Pogue, the ever-entertaining New York Times technology columnist and former Broadway musical conductor, was at the Boston Book Festival today talking ebooks and the future of reading. In a welcome diversion, however, P (Read More)
Engadget:
Looks like all those whispers were true -- the nook is alive and well, and it's calling itself the planet's "most advanced e-book reader." Measuring 7.7- x 4.9- x 0.5-inches and weighing 11.2 ounces, the device includes a top (Read More)
Mashable!:
Look out Amazon: Google just announced plans to open an electronic book store. Unlike Amazon’s strategy with the Kindle dedicated eReader device, Google plans to deliver eBooks to any device with a web browser.The service, du (Read More)